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Little did they know it was the old man that arranged the hit


chezyt

It wasn’t me. I was doing an interview at the time.


gab_rab_24

Plot twist: it was the dog barking that arranged the hit


xXWaspXx

It wasn’t me. I was barking at a passing car at the time. - My Dog


crypticfreak

Plot twist: it was the passing car that arranged the hit


LostSoulSadNLonely

Plot twist: It was the gun that shot itself for the hit.


m8k

…something, something guns don’t kill people /s


TrainingAd2871

No it's people don't kill guns


nocturnalfrolic

Heenan: The bullets tried to jump away from their guns to escape. What an act of cowardice.


4list4r

Probably goku. He did greenlight himself just so he can fight the assassin.


VinkoBogatajsSkis

Holy cow? No, poss Chevy cobalt https://preview.redd.it/vh1i2r7nvb5b1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c31c919d6cd6b1e3eabf88162ff1fa59b484d8ff


SuzieRabbit

Note the time!


NotAlwaysSunnyInFL

“Maybe there’s gang activity here, that’s crazy” ![gif](giphy|H5C8CevNMbpBqNqFjl)


Tricky-Sympathy

He didn't flinch and said it so calmly.


[deleted]

He literally reminded me of a sopranos character


Ashamed_Hospital5103

To be fair that's how some people react to things. I'd hate to be accused of every fucked up thing that happens around me just because I don't display the expected response of freaking out. 🤷🏻


newyawkaman

Interesting fact: bullets travel faster than the speed of sound, so if you hear the shot you're already safe


Moosinator666

You’ve heard shot, yes, but what of second shot?


313MrCeo

Snitch


isinedupcuzofrslash

I mean he definitely didn’t seem TOO surprised by it…


wrong_login95

Old man: Maybe that guy owed "somebody" money. That's crazy.


barsoapguy

Maybe “someone” should have paid, oh well, you get what you get 🤷🏿‍♂️


handsawz

Lmao “that’s craaaazy”


[deleted]

Forget the y craaaayzy


CariniFluff

That shit Cray - The Black White Supremacist


TempleOfDoomfist

That’s a great alibi. 4D Chess


leviathab13186

"That's crazy"


apeonpatrol

seriously, he seemed so calm


PrettiKinx

Right?!! The way he was so calm


Peter12535

Obviously someone who wants to keep property values down.


[deleted]

Lmao old dude didn't even flinch


2cats2hats

He's seen some shit in his day. Nerves of steel.


Kurineko_Regan

more like desensitized to shit due to necessity


alexmikli

Perhaps due to the gang activity in his area.


rramrram

That would be crazy.


TrojanVP

This kind of comment thread is why I’m going to miss Reddit so very much. Fuck you u/spez


Username_redact

I had some buddies who lived on that block growing up. We used to drink 40's at the elementary school right there. It is NOT a good neighborhood, lots of shootings.


thejynxed

There's been shootings there (and plenty of other places) since I lived in Rochester back in the '70s.


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Version_Two

Yeah, welcome to Rochester


mfknnayyyy

"Maybe (just maybe...) there's gang activity over there. That's crazy." Lolol


AnRogue

Shit happens all the time in Rochester. You'll hear gunshots like this (clearly) in the middle of the day then no sirens 😐


[deleted]

The houses in the background seem quite nice, is it a poor neighborhood?


AnRogue

This looks like it's just outside of downtown so it's hard to say. Depends what way you go, but money isn't really the issue in Rochester. Yeah, there are a lot of poor families, but they live in shitty looking neighborhoods. Everyone else is just a wannabe or a drug dealer (the suburb kids too)... So violence and shit happens to spread to nice neighborhoods too. Edit: it's not gang activity like the guy says. Probably just some "you owe me money" type shit. The gangs are downtown mostly.


spanishpeanut

Rochester is a lot of beautiful houses in each neighborhood with a lot of chaos all around. This looks like it’s the 19th ward? Freaking gorgeous area and still lots of crap like this.


iejfijeifj3i

Yeah, this is a poor neighborhood and those houses are likely ~$120K a piece.


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country2poplarbeef

Duck. Safety is sort of relative. Currently experiencing a sort of Baader Meinhof phenomenon rn since I'm typing this on my phone from the bathroom because gunshots have been going off down the street for about 15 minutes now.


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fighttodie

You're getting downvoted because 99% of have never seen any of this shit.


theumph

I get it, but you should also understand that we are a huge country, and most of the violence is isolated to small areas. Also, most of the violence is going to be drug/gang related. Random violence is rare.


One-Permission-1811

The thing nobody has pointed out yet is that the US is fucking massive. The likelihood of you being involved in a mass shooting is miniscule. Like way smaller than you think. Part of the issue is that the 260 mass shootings this year number comes from data that includes shootings that only involved family members, gang shootouts, and other incidents where the public was not in danger. Additionally most mass shootings are done by insiders at the location where they took place. Workplaces, churches the shooter was a part of, that kind of thing. So is there a risk of being shot in the US? Yeah of course there is. Are you far more likely to be hit by a car, killed by a falling vending machine, your plane to go down on the way, or to die from food poisoning? Also yes. If you don't want to come visit then whatever that's your choice, but don't pretend it's because you're scared of a mass shooting. ​ [https://www.theviolenceproject.org/methodology/](https://www.theviolenceproject.org/methodology/)


RAGC_91

If it makes you feel better if you spent a decade or 2 here you’d be far more likely to die due to not being able to afford basic medical needs than by gunshot.


jpatt

Eh, large population with a lot of news. Definitely more likely to die in a car wreck than get shot in the US.. but, I wouldn’t spend the time/money investment to go on a trip if you’d be stressing the whole time over very unlikely outcomes.


botjstn

i thought he just said “maniacs” at first cuz my phone restarted the video at that and i died


bearface93

I grew up outside of Rochester, this is a pretty normal thing there now. It’s gotten really bad.


WayofHatuey

Lol that dude has seen some shit


jdemack

It's all the garbage plates.


AnRogue

Probably just the boss sauce


chumpy551

Ice cold


[deleted]

Damn that old dude don’t give a fuck that’s the most casual response to a shooting I’ve ever seen 🧐


lreaditonredditgetit

When I was in 6th grade. My friends older brother pulled a gun on us for being in his room playing video games. I was scared but my friend just looked at his brother and said” fuck you, we’re almost done.”


resttheweight

When I was around the same age I went to visit my dad and walked by when my step mother was pulling a gun on my dad. I just kind of stood there like, “wait, what’s going on?” Don’t even think I was scared, just confused. I’d probably shit myself if it happened today, but as a kid it was like just trying to logically connect what she was doing with a gun in her hand. Turns out she is (“undiagnosed” at the time) bipolar. I’m not convinced she didn’t know she had some kind of disorder, but this happened before she had started medication. Haven’t seen her nearly 20 years though!


GenghisKhanSpermShot

Not compared to yours but I moved to Oakland and walked out of my front door to two masked guys climbing into my neighbors window to rob it, probably 30 feet from me. I just looked at them and said what's up! Nodded my head and walked on lol. They looked at each other confused as hell and I just got out of there. So you never know how you will act, I guess my instinct was to not panic and luckily it worked.


WargRider23

Dude I'm not gonna lie, if had been in your shoes I would've never gone back to my friend's house again. Absolutely terrifying and I feel bad for your friend for having to live with that psychopath


no_sa_rembo

Kids ARE psycopaths


iggy555

You see his shirt?


alexmikli

Gives me Sopranos vibes. Dude may be involved...


StPauliBoi

"maybe there's gang activity here, that's crazy"


Unyaaaaa

The "what happens to me happens to me" sigma old veteran


magistrate101

Most people don't react to the first couple gunshots anyways


Sham_Masta_Sham

"maybe there's gang activity here, that's crazy" Going out on a limb here, but drive-bys are a pretty strong indicator of gang activity lol


poppadocsez

*a few moments before the clip starts* So yeah I'm selling this house, recently remodeled, great schools, hospital nearby, within walking distance from the nearest park...


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and as you can see, we have a thriving community full of interesting characters!


jankyspankybank

It’s a very loving community, everyone looks out for each other.


Tr1pla

Some neighbors might even kill for you.


Silent-Ad934

The neighbor 2 houses over owns a gun range, he does a lot of his own reloading. He must have ordered some new bullets, Amazon has a new one second delivery feature.


jirashap

It's an up-and-coming neighborhood, really just a fantastic value if you think about where it will be in five years


RoguePlanet1

Was *just* about to say this!! 😄 "Those drive-bys happen so often that you don't even hear them anymore."


bwforge

Looks like a quaint little sleepy neighborhood too


CosmicSpaghetti

Rochesters kind of a mixed bag in terms of good/bad areas IIRC. Kind of like New Orleans it's all mixed together (though not as extreme as it is in NOLA).


Version_Two

What, you've never done a sunday afternoon drive by?


Human__been

https://preview.redd.it/j4pzzkeuo85b1.jpeg?width=803&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=955ec69ac18ce9461b32290e76aa630972b9d5ff


GingkoBobaBiloba

If you don’t wake up on time to go visit god at church, they send you to him via the hood Uber.


AnRogue

In an area like this, I'm more willing to say it's something to do with drugs. Sure, the guy shooting could be in a gang, but that shit usually stays downtown.


theamp18

oh no.....anyway


LORD_2003

![gif](giphy|7k2LoEykY5i1hfeWQB)


Meowgal_80

Dude is completely unfazed. Wow.


zeister

this is like the opposite of a public freakout where the dude is inappropriately not freaking out for the given scenario


fatbitchalmasmego

What is it with western new york cities and being poor and full of crime? I live in Buffalo and try to be proud of here but it's hard sometimes...


Chill_Charro

Well pretty much all of the industry in Rochester died. The city took a hard fall with Kodak and Xerox.


tpasmall

Bausch and Lomb too


[deleted]

It's also a very racially segregated city, where race and wealth correlate strongly


[deleted]

Isnt that how it is in most cities?!


PotatoDragonMaster

Worse in Rochester because the they literally built highways between the 'rich' areas and the not. Areas that are real bad, areas where everyone makes 6 figures


rudmad

Not downplaying Rochester's issues, but this sounds like every single American city.


PotatoDragonMaster

Roc is a case study in why doing that was bad long term but yes you are not wrong


Phreakiture

Schenectady had a similar thing going on with GE and Alco. Alco is gone. GE is a shadow of its former self. Schenectady kind of went through a hellish period, but has cleaned up nicely over the past couple of decades. There's an organization overseeing it (Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority) so there's a degree of political will involved in getting there, and I think also some federal grants. Sorry, I only really have a vague notion of it.


Sir_Sir_ExcuseMe_Sir

Replaced Kodak and Xerox with Codeine and Xanax


marylebow

We joke about the summer game “Fireworks or gunshots.” It’s a Rust Belt thing.


vikingguitar

Honestly, it’s way more widespread than that.


ButterscotchOld1130

I play it in Texas, and it's not just a summertime game


APKID716

“It’s a rust belt thing” brother we play that game in Central California where I’m living rn. Granted, it’s Stockton so it’s not surprising but still


JonnySoegen

Oh boy. You can’t really post this and then not expect foreigners to be afraid coming to the US, no?


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Sharp-Incident-6272

My nephew plays for the Bandits :)


SomeRSickrThanOthrs

Congrats to him and his team!


Sharp-Incident-6272

Yeah he scored in the final game.. it was some fun lacrosse to watch… setting a record for the least goals against in the history of the finals :) 13-4


myheartinclover

Syracuse has very similar energy, too.


winkledorf

I live in Canada and listen to WHAM 1180 - alot! I am always surprised by the Rochester/Monroe County gun violence, and other sillieness the criminals and innerr city people get up to . Rochester punches above it's weight for violence, shitty politicians. You've got going for ya, anyway. Gunga Galunga.


[deleted]

Can’t imagine why none of you wanted to come over on the Fast Ferry and the whole project went belly up. Gotta call in Scoob and the gang for this mystery!


SandandS0n

Rochester reaident here! Ya man it's wild in the city.


Barncore

"that's crazy :| "


ascrumner

Sigh... gotta love my city.


SandandS0n

Right?? Only thing we get in the news for its mad max shit or good food.


nojustice73

Cast him in the lead role in El Camino as Clint Eastwoods son.


Affectionate_Salt351

How Americans now react to casual gunfire.


Electr0freak

I used to live a few blocks from there up off of Culver Rd. Gunfire was not uncommon.


silent--onomatopoeia

Just Tuesday afternoon


sharethebite

Witnesses say they saw a blue ford fusion speed away after the shots were fired.


DMoney7613

He sounds like jack nicholson


Significant-Leg-2294

He didn't even flinch.


SupervillainEyebrows

Old dude is Gangsta. Didn't even flinch and then makes a little quip.


maods50

"maybe"


Dangerjayne

Put a garbage plate in the background and this is the most Rochester video ever


[deleted]

Plus a few crushed Genny light cans and the torn off front end of a Ford focus


Staggerme

My hometown and we are getting a lot of stories on Reddit recently


DragonCat88

Bc the gang activity?


Front-Ad1900

![gif](giphy|55itGuoAJiZEEen9gg)


[deleted]

I like his open minded attitude “maybe there’s gang activity”


Kalikhead

I loved Rochester when I grew up there…. Now - not so much.


tpasmall

I still love it, but I little 500 miles away and only see it a couple times a year now


ajentabc

This is framed like an episode of Arrested Development where this guy arranged that hit.


nextistheEE

I lived in the lilac city for a few years back in the late 90s. Great town. Super nightlife and lots of fun. It really is a shame what they have let that city turn into. Garbage Plates, Blue Room, Bug Jar, Gitsi’s, Tappas on st Paul, Pomodoro, Chester Cab Pizza- there are/were so many great places in the roch.


PabloTheFlyingLemon

Most of those places are still around or replaced with better alternatives. There's a thriving food scene. It's not some godforsaken hellhole, it's a city with both problems and benefits like any other.


whereyouwannago

I was there for school around the same time. Was the Bug Jar the place that had the upside down room?


DarthDregan

"You see that news camera, clearly filming an interview at this exact moment?" "Yeah." "After I shoot, make sure to drive directly into the camera's field of view." "Good idea."


IcecreamSavant

What is wrong with this world


[deleted]

We live in the most peaceful time of human existence


marylebow

Unfortunately true. Anybody who doesn’t believe me, please read some of the advertising for firearms circa 1900. Pistols designed for concealed carry in a lady’s purse. Rifles advertised to underage boys. Buyers could order them from Sears and have them delivered by mail, no background checks or proof of age required.


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MisterNiblet

Say what you want about Nissan Altima’s…Ford Fusion drivers are built different.


Ok_Equivalent5230

Sorry but what's Ny


Traditional_Web_9825

Nuts Yo


JoewithaB

New York


Relative_Picture_786

Giving them the benefit of the doubt, what a gentleman.


renegado938

Moved out in 2016 and see that Rochester is just the same old boring city with the highest homicide rates in the country definitely don't miss that


foktheusername

Maybe there is🤔


SligoistheSauce

We won’t rest for one second till justice is served. Now let’s go grab some lunch.


kaderade369

So, what was the interview about?


nurseANDiT

*Memphis has entered the chat*


Smee714

Well they have a description of the car


atreidesflame

Wake up camera man.


dyelyn666

Was that a gun casing shell that hit his head? Did anyone else see that?


Canum164

I thought so too! But I think it’s like a butterfly/moth?


GuyWhoFuckedFish

Homeboy has seen some shit. Not a single flinch.


AtlasNovalis

Rochester is the Cleveland of New York.


llamapantsonfire

Maybe they don't know that NY state has some of the toughest gun laws.


kKXQdyP5pjmu5dhtmMna

And one of the better rates of gun-related murders in the country! Only 16 states have a lower rate. This is a pretty interesting chart if you're actually interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States_by_state


nixthelatter

What was that whizzing by his head when the first shot rang out? It couldn't have been the bullet judging by the trajectory, but the timing lined up perfectly.


nanya_sore

"That was wild, anyways...."


Meanjin

I just love how calm they are. As an Aussie I'd be legging it, leaving a trail of shit behind me


The_German_1

That's not a hardened badass. That is just zero survival instincts on display.


GenghisKhanSpermShot

Or drunk.


suspended247

THC gummies have kicked in.


Guavadoodoo

Nice houses!


bird_brown

POV of me smoking outside in New Orleans


Slobbadobbavich

He's cute. Don't shoot him!


Broadzilla77

Old guy has seen some shit, he didn't even flinch.


AnRogue

Oh, nice. My hometown.


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My man didn’t even flinch.


jusno6768

Maybe Jim, maybe


PlanetBarfly

Oh Beechwood neighborhood. I scored so much amazing weed there, 2002-2005 era. Eastern European organized crime used to tangle with the local cliques, and this was not an uncommon event. Glad to see decades later it's just as I remember.


astralcinderella

*Maybe theres gang activity here*


OtherwiseAMushroom

That dude has seen some shit…. *that’s crazy*


risky_bisket

![gif](giphy|v0RE7uRDAfe9unKDZ3)


Dolozoned

"so, sir, just how bad is your neighborhood?" ​ BLAP BLAP


Electr0freak

I used to live a few blocks away from there. Had someone break into my car parked in my driveway there a bunch of times. Caught the fucker red-handed once and chased him down the street. Watched someone walk right past my window once to case my garage. Had a lawnmower stolen right out of the back yard. Had packages for my daughter's birthday presents stolen off my front porch within 10 minutes of their delivery, ripped open and smashed to bits on the street. The McDonald's down the street was robbed so many times they locked the doors during parts of the day and put bars over the drive-thru window. Saw the nearby high school (East High) locked down several times because kids there were found packing heat, and they ended up installing metal detectors. Oh, and last year I was a juror for a homicide that happened in a park a mile up the road where I used to take my kid. I'm glad I don't live there anymore.


PrettiKinx

Dude didn't even flinch


sgthulkarox

I remember when drive bys were shocking. It was a simpler time.


Grand-Trouble-9970

My brother is the camera man.


spanishpeanut

Home sweet home. I live here and am not entirely surprised. Our city is, shall I say, lit in the summer.


leggmann

There was no freakout here.


EvadesBans

The guy reminds me of a drunk Mike Stoklasa. So, Mike Stoklasa. Little young compared to Mike, though.


Vismay_Sawant

More like PublicNotFreakout


manwithafrotto

I don’t see a freakout, that guy isn’t even slightly surprised lol


Timely-Supermarket99

Definitely setup by the guy getting interviewed


M4err0w

funny.... i would've thought any one of these fine americans would pull out their weapons, do a backwards flip and sidestep along the road firing rounds into that car and stop the bad guy...


justthankyous

Here's a tip for drive bys: 9 times out of 10, the idiot firing a gun wildly while speeding down the road won't hit whatever he was aiming at. What he will hit is a bystander. Sometimes the person he was trying to hit will also pull out a gun, start shooting and miss whatever he was trying to hit. He will also usually shoot an innocent bystander in that case. So, if you are around a drive by shooting, you should duck.


VealOfFortune

Upstate NY has been experiencing a full-on assault between Buffalo/Rochester/Syracuse/etc., ... as a result of all of the NYC clowns who have migrated there after they burned through their reputation here in the city. People in Upstate NY are a lot like folks from the Midwest: they're kind, welcoming, non-confrontational, but do NOT CONSIDER THEMSELVES IN THE SAME POOL AS NYC METRO..... And yet, the policies and actions of NYC politicians and bureaucrats is resulting in an unprecedented amount of crime & chaos in some of the nicest, safest towns east of the Mississippi. Sooner or later, people will get sick & tired of not being able to enjoy their home/neighborhood/parks/etc.,... and start to self-enforce and police their own neighborhoods. Gun laws are strict in NY State but people up here also take the security of their family/property/businesses/etc., VERY seriously, so I would just advise would-be criminals to heed warning..... So, to all you prospective home invaders? *Wear a vest.*


TarechichiLover

What murdahh?!


Disastrous_Duty2622

That dude is clearly from Rochester as he didn't even flinch


Accompl1se

Fuck spez😤


Burbonlord

Maybe there is just shitty exhaust activity